Loch Ness Monster

Karst, Ken. Enduring Mysteries: Loch Ness Monster. 2015. 48p. ISBN 978-1-60818-403-3. Available at 001.94 KAR on the library shelves.

The Loch Ness monster is one of these enduring myths that haunt our imagination. The possibility, even as remote and unlikely as it is, that a large beast from the dinosaur era survived to today and dwells in Scotland’s deepest lake has intrigued and captivated the world. Many explorers have spent time and money searching the lake from top to bottom with nets, sonars, and divers, and yet have found nothing. Unfortunately, all of these technologies are as of yet unable to fully map the lake and determine what really lives in it.

This book presents all current information on Nessie and provides a closer look at the environment in which the monster supposedly dwells. Cryptozoology is explored, and possible candidates for the role of Nessie are shown. Several new facts are introduced, including the discovering in the late 1990s of a coelacanth specie of fish, a kind of fish thought to have died out millions of years ago. Finally, other monsters rumored to live in lakes throughout the world are discussed. If you love the strange and the weird, you will like this book!